Art and Culture

For 12 years he delivered what seems like an almost endless chain of exemplary reviews and essays, all framed in his distinctly personal, uncluttered prose, witty, now and then biting, but most often illuminating. – The New York…
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Stephan Jost, the director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario, will leave his posts at the end of the year, the Toronto museum announced on Tuesday. Within the Canadian art scene, Jost’s leadership has been polarizing. He has…
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Boston Molasses Flood, January 1919In January 1919, more than 2 million gallons of molasses exploded from inside a pressurized holding tank in Boston. A tsunami of syrup, which some reports said reached 40 feet tall, surged through the…
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While filmed Broadway shows have long been the province of PBS’ Great Performances, cinematic releases of stage shows is a growing trend. – Playbill Source link
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The posts come in many forms — retractable, rigid, ordinary, ornate, thick, thin. There are other objects that serve a similar purpose, including “sugar cube” barriers and hulking planters. At Lincoln Center, stylish, warped concrete…
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‘It’s logistics.’ I often use this common phrase when planning and coordinating my everyday life. Work projects, social gatherings, medical appointments, household repairs, doing the shopping… Planning and coordinating such mundane tasks…
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Assembly Bill 2222, known as the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act, creates refundable tax credits for the state’s news outlets based on the number of journalists they employ. – NiemanLab Source…
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Metal and classical: deeply different, or close companions? As a musician straddling both genres, I feel they have much more in common than they differ. – San Francisco Classical Voice Source link
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You get semi-improvised Bharatanatyam — normally a highly codified form — by three dancers basing their moves on a game of Ms. Pac-Man which they’re playing live onstage. – BBC (MSN) Source link
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Chanting in unison, hundreds of volunteers in northern Japan heaved on ropes on Wednesday to pull a 400-tonne castle back towards its original position.The imposing fortified tower of Hirosaki Castle was shifted 80 metres (262 feet) in…
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